The NEW 2024 Updated and Second Edition of my book is now available for sale on Amazon, Blue Rose and Flipcart online retail platforms . The first Edition out last year in 2023 needed to be revised to enable the inclusion of a few more very relevant research material that had not been accessible toContinue reading “Just Out ! Updated 2024 Low-Priced Edition of “Tale of Two Cities – An Outline of the History of Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil Nadu that was never written”… !”
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“Wearing down” Hinduism in a cultural war of attrition- Part-2
Just to further illustrate the main point, of blog published above ⬆️ yesterday, readers should please go back to it and re-read the short list of a few inconvenient and downright “mocking” questions that anti-Hindu brigades pose to us . Many of you after reading the above blog the first time might have wanted toContinue reading ““Wearing down” Hinduism in a cultural war of attrition- Part-2”
“Wearing down” Hinduism in a cultural war of attrition
In India’s politics today, the questions being posed to Hindus by anti-Hindus and Woke-Secular Hindus are becoming more and more aggressive and disrespectful. The sophistry and sophistication of their arguments is getting better, shriller and more taunting than ever before. It makes it increasingly difficult and awkward for faithful Hindus to counter effectively or adequately,Continue reading ““Wearing down” Hinduism in a cultural war of attrition”
M/s Hindenburg, A.L.Basham & Dalrymple and India’s colonial “wonder” hangover
For some bizarre and unfathomable reason, you know, reading the article above ⬆️ took me back on memory lane to my school days . In my history lessons for Class 8 we had a text book which had 2 chapters which we were made to study very thoroughly by our class-teacher (BTW, I studied inContinue reading “M/s Hindenburg, A.L.Basham & Dalrymple and India’s colonial “wonder” hangover”
Caste Census will usher in a great Indian “Perestroika” and “Glasnost”
Regarding Caste, the RSS is in an Awkward Quandary http://dhunt.in/Wqou5 Reading the above Op-Ed piece , I got the overwhelming feeling that Rahul Gandhi is probably right about the Caste Census. It’s an idea whose time has finally arrived in this country … and as Victor Hugo told us long ago, No power on Earth canContinue reading “Caste Census will usher in a great Indian “Perestroika” and “Glasnost””
The Prophet is new but his Testament is Old
Congress won 99 MP seats in the Parliament elections 2024. To Congressmen and the Left-Liberal-Secular anti-Dharmic forces in India, the “victory” represents Rahul Gandhi’s great political resurrection… For them it’s as momentous as the “Second Coming of Christ”! Well… to many others it is not resurrection, it’s merely resuscitation that’s most likely to lapse backContinue reading “The Prophet is new but his Testament is Old”
Aravindan Neelakandan on “Thangalaan”: Asks how many Sri Vaishnavas today know Bhuminayagam Ramanujadasar?
This Op-Ed below published in the Swarajya, really rattled my conscience. https://swarajyamag.com/culture/thangalaan-a-phenomenon-and-a-warning As a Sri Vaishnava myself, this is the very first time I am hearing of these two unknown, unheard, unsung heroes of social change who, according to Neelakandan, represented the best traditions of Sri Vaishnavism and its world-view: M.C.Madurai Pillai and Bhuminayagam RamanujadasarContinue reading “Aravindan Neelakandan on “Thangalaan”: Asks how many Sri Vaishnavas today know Bhuminayagam Ramanujadasar?”
THE GENTLE BUT POINTED HUMOUR OF HH SRIMAD NARAYANA YATHINDRA MAHADESIKAN , the 45th AZHAGIYASINGAR of SRI AHOBILA MUTT: On Kanchipuram and Sri Rangam
The video-clip is dated excerpt from a Tiruppaavai “upannyaasam” by Srimad Azhagiyasingar explicating at great length the beautiful Tamizh expression : “etra kalangal edhir pongi meedhalippa…” in one of the “paasurams” (stanzas) . Apart from the profundity and narrative skill that anyone listening to him can appreciate in the Acharya’s discourse, I for one alsoContinue reading “THE GENTLE BUT POINTED HUMOUR OF HH SRIMAD NARAYANA YATHINDRA MAHADESIKAN , the 45th AZHAGIYASINGAR of SRI AHOBILA MUTT: On Kanchipuram and Sri Rangam”
“The Tyranny of the Minority” in democracies of the World
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/08/16/the-tyranny-of-the-minority-a-marxist-appreciation-and-critique/ As I was reading through the thought-provoking essay 👆🏿, I found myself induced to go on mentally, or rather imaginatively, replacing the American play-actors and institutions described in it with those that I know are principal actors and counterparts in Indian democracy … ! In the many instances and situations described in the article,Continue reading ““The Tyranny of the Minority” in democracies of the World”
The Parliament debate on Waqf Amendment Bill-2024: The sound and the fury!
Waqf Act Amendment Bill 2024 is pending in Parliament and expectedly is arousing a lot of heat, sound, fury and much of it is more political posturing and theatrics rather than any significant debate. However, after following the debates on TV and the Press media in the last few days, I could not help reachingContinue reading “The Parliament debate on Waqf Amendment Bill-2024: The sound and the fury!”